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of afghanistan. i have seen war lords who have raped women on the street. we have seen people who have taken our land. we have seen people who have don more damage. >> warner: do any of you know anyone personally who identifies himself as taliban? >> yes. >> warner: and do you think he or they have changed their attitudes about the role of women in society? >> these couple of-- the commanders that i came to know and i know, like they are very, very traditional people. their mentality, they grew up in a home where they didn'tee their own mother, for example, literally. they were trained and brought newspaper camps across the nation where they didn't see the levels of mother, or father of a family so they can be included if in a society as a normal human being so when you take these elements or this background into consideration, you can be hopeful that they're human beings or that they will change. because to be a human being, we're constantly changing. then you have commanders who are very ideaologic
of afghanistan. i have seen war lords who have raped women on the street. we have seen people who have taken our land. we have seen people who have don more damage. >> warner: do any of you know anyone personally who identifies himself as taliban? >> yes. >> warner: and do you think he or they have changed their attitudes about the role of women in society? >> these couple of-- the commanders that i came to know and i know, like they are very, very traditional people....
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they have their so-called ring around afghanistan. you get the sense the taliban are doing much the same thing. they are sort of gathering around the capital. karzai for a long time has been called the mayor of kabul. it's looking like that's the taliban strategy right now. >> warner: why did the u.s. ground forces leave the one operating base they had in this tangy valley and what happened? >> basically they pulled out in the spring because we're preparing to build down. and our ticket out of afghanistan is to turn over provinces to the afghan national army. this was a key test of that. as soon as the americans left and the afghans came in, by all accounts the afghans were not up to the task. the taliban, you know, just like a drop of oil, seeped in and began spreading around. they're running courts. they're conducting roadblocks, check points, you know, extorting stuff from travelers. so it's not a great report card in terms of the way forward. >> warner: do any of the people you were talking to at the pentagon think that this is is
they have their so-called ring around afghanistan. you get the sense the taliban are doing much the same thing. they are sort of gathering around the capital. karzai for a long time has been called the mayor of kabul. it's looking like that's the taliban strategy right now. >> warner: why did the u.s. ground forces leave the one operating base they had in this tangy valley and what happened? >> basically they pulled out in the spring because we're preparing to build down. and our...
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troops from afghanistan by late next year. on the "newshour", defense secretary gates said he thinks and key republicans pulled out of deficit reduction talks led by vice president biden. they blamed democrats for demanding tax hikes. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the "newshour" online. hari? >> sreenivasan: ray suarez reports from indonesia on the condition of many mentally ill patients he saw confined in cages without proper treatment, and misunderstood by society. as part of our "patchwork nation" collaboration, dante chinni looks at public perceptions of the troop drawdown in afghanistan. spencer michels has a blog post on how californians view their state legislature. and, on our health page, a new study found that obesity in babies often leads to obesity in adulthood. we provide tips from experts for raising a healthy baby. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and a
troops from afghanistan by late next year. on the "newshour", defense secretary gates said he thinks and key republicans pulled out of deficit reduction talks led by vice president biden. they blamed democrats for demanding tax hikes. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the "newshour" online. hari? >> sreenivasan: ray suarez reports from indonesia on the condition of many mentally ill patients he saw confined in cages without proper treatment, and misunderstood by...
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in afghanistan, hundreds of people protested in downtown kabul, demanding that foreign troops leave the country immediately. they marched through the streets of the capital, carrying signs and shouting "no to occupation!" the rally came a day before the 10th anniversary of the u.s. invasion. the nobel prize in literature was awarded today to swedish poet tomas transtromer. he was recognized for rich imagery in works that often explore death, history and nature. the 80-year-old writer has penned more than a dozen collections of poetry and been translated into more than 60 languages. transtromer is the first poet to win the literature prize in 15 years. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the life and work of a man who helped define a new age of technology. "newshour" correspondent spencer michels begins our remembrance of steve jobs. >> reporter: the mournful sound of bagpipes drifted through silicon valley at apple headquarters in cupertino, california. flags flew at half staff and flowers and a makeshift memorial appeared on a bench, a
in afghanistan, hundreds of people protested in downtown kabul, demanding that foreign troops leave the country immediately. they marched through the streets of the capital, carrying signs and shouting "no to occupation!" the rally came a day before the 10th anniversary of the u.s. invasion. the nobel prize in literature was awarded today to swedish poet tomas transtromer. he was recognized for rich imagery in works that often explore death, history and nature. the 80-year-old writer...
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welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: september, 2009, a remote village in afghanistan. set the stage for us. what were u.s. forces doing? >> i had been out there for about a year off and on with this unit, and they were right on the pakistan border, right next to the infamous corngal valley and they were supposed to interdict the al qaeda and taliban troops that were coming into afghanistan from pakistan. and in this small remote village called gangigal, they said can you come in and help us with the mosque? 100 afghan soldiers with their american advisers went in thinking they're going to help them but it was a setup and they ran into a terrific ambush. >> brown: then-corporal meyer-- we refer to him as sergeant but he was a corporal at the time-- he heard the calls for help, for artillery fire, which were refused. >> correct. >> brown: on grounds that, what, it might hurt civilians? >> exactly. they were in the middle of a village, and people up the chain of command chocked, didn't really understand how severe the firing was, and didn't respond and there was an army c
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i've been doing afghanistan and bin laden and... the greek crisis, and... ( laughter ) you stay here. let's get it done. >> brown: in the meantime, treasury secretary timothy geithner rejected suggestions from some republicans that the government could temporarily pay just the interest on the national debt, rather than raise the borrowing limit. in a letter to south carolina geithner insisted he cannot stave off default if the august deadline is ignored. and the international monetary fund issued its own warning, urging u.s. lawmakers to reach a deficit agreement and raise the debt ceiling. >> we wouldn't want to get into hypotheticals, but suffice it to say it should be self-evident. a debt default in the u.s. government debt market would have very serious, far-reaching, dramatic repercussions. and that's why we are confident it will be avoided. >> brown: toward that end, the president met this afternoon with senate democratic leaders, looking for a way to move the discussions forward. and with the president blasting lawmakers, we
i've been doing afghanistan and bin laden and... the greek crisis, and... ( laughter ) you stay here. let's get it done. >> brown: in the meantime, treasury secretary timothy geithner rejected suggestions from some republicans that the government could temporarily pay just the interest on the national debt, rather than raise the borrowing limit. in a letter to south carolina geithner insisted he cannot stave off default if the august deadline is ignored. and the international monetary...
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we should have stayed in afghanistan and finished the job and to the gone into iraq. furthermore, we have improved iran's situation in the region o almost everybody agrees on this point that if there is any country that was a winner as a result of this war, it was iran. it certainly wasn't iraq. and with regard to our standing around the world, the united states looks like it's the gang that can't shoot straight given what's now happening in iraq and given what's happening in afghanistan. it's never good for a country to go into wars and to lose those wars. you want to win the wars that you fight. and that's why you want to pick your wars smartly. and we made a huge mistake here in deciding to opt into this foolish war. and now we're paying the price. and of course as i said initially, we're also paying the price in afghanistan as well because we took our eye off the ball. >> brown: so megan o'sullivan, just in the last minute here, when you say, you argue that this is all still in play, we still have to look at the long arc of things here, how long? what do you look
we should have stayed in afghanistan and finished the job and to the gone into iraq. furthermore, we have improved iran's situation in the region o almost everybody agrees on this point that if there is any country that was a winner as a result of this war, it was iran. it certainly wasn't iraq. and with regard to our standing around the world, the united states looks like it's the gang that can't shoot straight given what's now happening in iraq and given what's happening in afghanistan. it's...
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the american death toll in afghanistan grew by six this week. the soldiers were from the same army unit and were killed during fighting in the northeast. rival protests filled the streets of yemen's capital city today. hundreds of thousands of anti- government demonstrators gathered in sanaa. it was the largest protest yet against president ali abdullah saleh. meanwhile, thousands of government supporters held their own rally outside the presidential palace. in an extraordinary move, many mosques were also closed so that people could attend the protests. friday is the muslim day of prayer. thousands of people made calls for freedom in syria today. the anti-government protests outside damascus turned violent when security forces opened fire, killing at least three people. in daraa, marchers gathered after friday prayers to honor more than 70 people killed in the last two weeks. a massive joint recovery effort is underway in japan for the still missing. today, japanese and american ships and helicopters searched the coastline for bodies that might
the american death toll in afghanistan grew by six this week. the soldiers were from the same army unit and were killed during fighting in the northeast. rival protests filled the streets of yemen's capital city today. hundreds of thousands of anti- government demonstrators gathered in sanaa. it was the largest protest yet against president ali abdullah saleh. meanwhile, thousands of government supporters held their own rally outside the presidential palace. in an extraordinary move, many...
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troops in afghanistan. it happened last week in helmand province. an unmanned predator fired a missile at a u.s. marine and a navy medic. military officials said the two men were mistaken for militants as they tried to reach other marines, who were under fire. fresh fighting raged on two fronts in libya today. moammar qaddafi's troops bombarded the city of misrata again. residents reported a dozen people were killed. and rebels outside ajdabiya braced for new attacks as qaddafi's forces fired rockets there. the city is the gateway to much of eastern libya. meanwhile, france and britain complained nato air strikes are not doing enough to protect libyan civilians. the french foreign minister made the claim in luxembourg, and a top nato commander answered in brussels. >> nato absolutely wanted to leave this operation. voila. this is where we are. i trust them to assemble the necessary means. it is unacceptable that misrata can continue to be bombed by ka doofy's troops. >> when you look at what we've done in the high operational tempo of the last few d
troops in afghanistan. it happened last week in helmand province. an unmanned predator fired a missile at a u.s. marine and a navy medic. military officials said the two men were mistaken for militants as they tried to reach other marines, who were under fire. fresh fighting raged on two fronts in libya today. moammar qaddafi's troops bombarded the city of misrata again. residents reported a dozen people were killed. and rebels outside ajdabiya braced for new attacks as qaddafi's forces fired...
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withdrawal from afghanistan. white house officials and top republicans pledged today to keep talking on how to cut the deficit. but there was no sign of any compromise. president obama met monday with senate leaders from both parties, on raising the national debt ceiling. republicans insisted again today they will not accept tax hikes. texas senator john cornyn warned democrats will pay the price unless they accept huge spending cuts. >> obviously if it's possible to deal with the spending problem and the entitlement reforms, that's our first choice but if the president and his party refuse to do the right thing, then in the senate they're going to be required to vote to raise the debt limit. we'll have a referendum in 2012 on that decision. >> sreenivasan: in turn, democratic majority leader harry reid criticized several republican presidential candidates for suggesting the issue is not so urgent. >> i think everyone needs to do a better job of explaining to the american people what it means to raise the debt ce
withdrawal from afghanistan. white house officials and top republicans pledged today to keep talking on how to cut the deficit. but there was no sign of any compromise. president obama met monday with senate leaders from both parties, on raising the national debt ceiling. republicans insisted again today they will not accept tax hikes. texas senator john cornyn warned democrats will pay the price unless they accept huge spending cuts. >> obviously if it's possible to deal with the...
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pakistan is the real source of the issues with afghanistan. i think he is refreshing and wants to take a look at all of our commit manys overseas. he's a guy with ideas. i think it's ideas that as you get closer to the top of the heap, you get crimped in by what your pollsters tell you on issues. you don't want to go outside of those margins. gingrich doesn't know any margins. i think he probably colored outside of the margins as a kid. >> ifill: susan page tony perkins of the family research council was quoted as saying under normal circumstances gingrich would have real problems with the social community. >> it's like the three-married gingrich will be the social conservative candidate. it's hard to overstate how important this endorsement by the union leader is for newt gingrich. for one thing, we heard mr. mcquaid talk about the subtlety of the union looder endorsement. subtlety is not what the union leader is known for. we expect to see the union leader hammer home this endorsement for the next six weeks until the voting. i think it also
pakistan is the real source of the issues with afghanistan. i think he is refreshing and wants to take a look at all of our commit manys overseas. he's a guy with ideas. i think it's ideas that as you get closer to the top of the heap, you get crimped in by what your pollsters tell you on issues. you don't want to go outside of those margins. gingrich doesn't know any margins. i think he probably colored outside of the margins as a kid. >> ifill: susan page tony perkins of the family...
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. >> woodruff: you're critical of him in afghanistan. there isn't agreement betweeninate oh, the united states, and afghanistan, but all foreign troops would be out by 2014. if you're president would you abide by that agreement? >> again, i would listen to the generals, and if that continues to be the view of the commanders in the field, as they assess the capabilities of the afghan military, then, of course, i would pursue that course. but at the same time, we have to be open to what we're hearing from the people on the ground. i hope we can perhaps move even faster than that. we'll listen, again, to the conditions on the ground as they exist because it's important to us that the transition from our forces to the afghan security forces being able to maintain the sovereignty of the afghan nation, from the tyranny of the taliban is an important consideration. >> woodruff: isn't it the role of the president to make his or her own independent judgment about where american troops go? you're saying you would always defer to the generals? >> d
. >> woodruff: you're critical of him in afghanistan. there isn't agreement betweeninate oh, the united states, and afghanistan, but all foreign troops would be out by 2014. if you're president would you abide by that agreement? >> again, i would listen to the generals, and if that continues to be the view of the commanders in the field, as they assess the capabilities of the afghan military, then, of course, i would pursue that course. but at the same time, we have to be open to...
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canada has formally ended its combat mission in afghanistan today after nine years. since 2002, approximately 157 canadian soldiers have died in the war. now, more than 2800 combat troops are being withdrawn. but canada is sending in 950 other troops to train afghan security forces. a mexican man-- humberto leal was convicted in the 1994 rape- murder of a 16-year-old girl in san antonio. but he was not told he could seek legal help from the mexican government. that prompted diplomatic objections and warnings of repercussions for americans overseas. the obama administration intervened to try to delay the execution. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: the phone hacking scandal in britain came full comes full circle today, with word that the "news of the world" tabloid will cease to publish after 168 years in business. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: the news electrified britain-- sunday's edition of "news of the world"-- the most widely read english language newspaper in the world-- will be its last. in sun valley, idaho
canada has formally ended its combat mission in afghanistan today after nine years. since 2002, approximately 157 canadian soldiers have died in the war. now, more than 2800 combat troops are being withdrawn. but canada is sending in 950 other troops to train afghan security forces. a mexican man-- humberto leal was convicted in the 1994 rape- murder of a 16-year-old girl in san antonio. but he was not told he could seek legal help from the mexican government. that prompted diplomatic...
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at least two people died in a bombing in the capital of afghanistan. a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near an upscale hotel and shopping complex in central kabul. it is the second attack in less than a month on a site regularly visited by foreigners. separately, two british soldiers died in a fire at their base west of kandahar. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we return to egypt, where much of the action moved away from tahrir square to other kinds of protest. >> brown: with egypt's mass uprising having achieved its main goal of pushing president hosni mubarak from power, labor unrest today set off a new wave of smaller protests and strikes. transportation workers marched in front of egyptian state television demanding better pay and working conditions. >> our wages are so low. there are no incentives for prospects. no medical coverage. >> brown: ambulance workers also joined in the protests with similar concerns. and the egyptian police who had been criticized for their violent crackdown on demonstr
at least two people died in a bombing in the capital of afghanistan. a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near an upscale hotel and shopping complex in central kabul. it is the second attack in less than a month on a site regularly visited by foreigners. separately, two british soldiers died in a fire at their base west of kandahar. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we return to egypt, where much of the action moved away from tahrir square to...
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and he wants to go to afghanistan. his brother did go to afghanistan. as did his three uncles all served. it really is an admirable tradition for those of privilege and power to do so. and i wish it was something that prevailed on this side of the pond as well. >> i was raised in a culture of think the other shack british so we are big anglo files in my family. not since alyster cook dine add loan have we had so much -- shall drn. >> you watched it on tv, right. >> exactly. so i'm not only, an expert but a believer in the monarchy. i covered british politics a bit. we have getties berg, lincoln, a constitution. british identity is interwof when the royal family, for most britons it is part of their identity, part of what holds the country together. they don't have a constitution. i'm for it you see the joy on the streets. >> lehrer: but what is it about royalty, and particularly british people, that grabs so many people, and so many americans. >> that was a mistake, maybe. >> no, i mean there are a couple of things. first of all this is a widding of rea
and he wants to go to afghanistan. his brother did go to afghanistan. as did his three uncles all served. it really is an admirable tradition for those of privilege and power to do so. and i wish it was something that prevailed on this side of the pond as well. >> i was raised in a culture of think the other shack british so we are big anglo files in my family. not since alyster cook dine add loan have we had so much -- shall drn. >> you watched it on tv, right. >> exactly. so...
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>> well, in afghanistan, clearly, that's the case. when i was over there, together with one of my fellow commissioners, we were handed a copy of a bill, an invoice, that was charged to a contractor and was issued by an outfit that called itself the islamic republic of east afghanistan. we've reprinted it in our report. it has a phone number to call. if you want to be safe, call this number. we're paying people to kill our kids. >> warner: you were at the defense department. how was this allowed to happen? >> well, in afghanistan, the basic problem was that for the first couple of years or so, we really didn't put very much money in at all so we didn't have that kind of a problem. when we then went into iraq because it was so hurried, we drew up contracts that were not specified the way a contract normally is. it's understandable. it was the beginning of a war. what then happened is that we didn't have enough people to monitor, to supervise, to oversee what was going on, to fix the contracts up, and that was due in part to the fact tha
>> well, in afghanistan, clearly, that's the case. when i was over there, together with one of my fellow commissioners, we were handed a copy of a bill, an invoice, that was charged to a contractor and was issued by an outfit that called itself the islamic republic of east afghanistan. we've reprinted it in our report. it has a phone number to call. if you want to be safe, call this number. we're paying people to kill our kids. >> warner: you were at the defense department. how was...
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we're winding down the war in iraq and have begun a transition in afghanistan. and now working in libya with friends and allies we've demonstrated what collective action can achieve in the 21st century. of course above all today's belongs to the people of libya. this is a moment for them to remember all those who suffered and were lost under qaddafi and look forward to the promise of a new day. and i know the american people wish the people of libya the very best in what will be a challenging but hopeful days, weeks, months and years ahead. thank you very much. >> warner: what does today's news say about president obama's decision to intervene in libya and his approach? for that, we get two views: richard haass was director of policy planning at the state department during the george w. bush administration. he's now president of the council on foreign relations. in early march, he wrote an op- ed in the "wall street journal" titled: "the u.s. should keep out of libya." and james steinberg was deputy secretary of state in the obama administration until june of th
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army soldiers have been charged in the apparent suicide of a fellow soldier in afghanistan. private danny chen was found dead in a guard tower in october. the army said it appeared he shot himself. the charges announced today ranged from dereliction of duty to negligent homicide and involuntary manslaughter. supporters of chen's family, in new york's chinatown, suggested he was bullied to the point he took his own life. by the many thousands, north koreans braved heavy snow today, to pay respects to the late dictator, kim jong il. crowds gathered in the central square in pyongyang. state media said more than five million people had gathered at monuments and memorials in the city, since kim's death was reported over the weekend. meanwhile, the official mourning went on amid a global guessing game about north korea's future. angus walker of "independent television news" has this report from south korea. >> reporter: kim jong-un, north korea's dictator in waiting greeting foreign envoys paying their respects as his father lies in state. in the dark suit just over his shoulder k
army soldiers have been charged in the apparent suicide of a fellow soldier in afghanistan. private danny chen was found dead in a guard tower in october. the army said it appeared he shot himself. the charges announced today ranged from dereliction of duty to negligent homicide and involuntary manslaughter. supporters of chen's family, in new york's chinatown, suggested he was bullied to the point he took his own life. by the many thousands, north koreans braved heavy snow today, to pay...
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and when we think about afghanistan, we americans think about afghanistan as the place where we were attacked by al qaeda. and so it had very special relevance in terms of their americans thinking about its security. noose not the case in europe. in the special case of germany. the germans don't believe, given their special history, that military force is necessarily awe solution to every problem. and i'm amad, just to tell you the truth, that there are 45,000 european troops fighting in afghanistan, and some of those are germans. the idea of german forces being deployed outside of europe 20 years ago would have been politically unthinkable. >> warner: so very briefly, the other major pount he made that the u.s. political conscious-- consensus for defending europe, for supporting nato, could disappear in coming decade or two? >> i think he's right. i think there's a new generation of military officers in particular who don't see the value of nato. my generation served in yurng remembered cold war, remember the soviet threat as the ambassador pointed out. the the new generation, what
and when we think about afghanistan, we americans think about afghanistan as the place where we were attacked by al qaeda. and so it had very special relevance in terms of their americans thinking about its security. noose not the case in europe. in the special case of germany. the germans don't believe, given their special history, that military force is necessarily awe solution to every problem. and i'm amad, just to tell you the truth, that there are 45,000 european troops fighting in...
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action in afghanistan. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> victory against the taliban in afghanistan is that taliban is a neutered force. they are no longer a security threat to the afghan people or to our country. >> reporter: to the plan to pull all u.s. troops from iraq, criticized by most candidates. huntsman and texas congressman ron paul support the complete iraq withdrawal and a withdrawal from afghanistan. on preventing iran's nuclear ambitions... >> congressman paul, let me follow up with you for 30 seonds. it is worth going to war to prevent a nuclear weapon in iran? >> no, it isn't worthile. >> reporter: but others support a more muscular approach. >> after all of the work we've done there's nothing else we can do besides take military action then of course you take military action. it's unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon. >> i agree entirely with governor romney. if in the end despite all of those things the dictatorship persists you have to take whatever steps are necessa
action in afghanistan. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> victory against the taliban in afghanistan is that taliban is a neutered force. they are no longer a security threat to the afghan people or to our country. >> reporter: to the plan to pull all u.s. troops from iraq, criticized by most candidates. huntsman and texas congressman ron paul support the complete iraq withdrawal and a withdrawal from afghanistan. on preventing iran's nuclear ambitions... >>...
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from afghanistan or pakistan. the fbi's james mcjunkin spoke last night in washington. >> there are scores of people at this moment at fbi headquarters and a number of the d.h.s. components that are together scrubbing through mounds of data, looking for potential leads for individuals that may... where suspicion may arise around them. >> woodruff: reuters, citing an un-named u.s. official, reported the plot may be linked to ayman al-zawahri. he took command of al qaeda after osama bin laden was killed in may. secretary of state hillary clinton seemed to confirm the link today in new york. >> al qaeda again is seeking to harm americans and, in particular, to target new york and washington. this should not surprise any of us. it is a continuing reminder of the stakes in our struggle against violent extremism, no matter who propagates it. >> woodruff: and the 9/11 anniversary presents a prime time for attack, as the president's counter-terror adviser, john brennan, told me earlier this week on "the newshour". >> we k
from afghanistan or pakistan. the fbi's james mcjunkin spoke last night in washington. >> there are scores of people at this moment at fbi headquarters and a number of the d.h.s. components that are together scrubbing through mounds of data, looking for potential leads for individuals that may... where suspicion may arise around them. >> woodruff: reuters, citing an un-named u.s. official, reported the plot may be linked to ayman al-zawahri. he took command of al qaeda after osama...
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nato officials announced the deaths of two service members in afghanistan today. one was killed by a man wearing an afghan police uniform, and another nato soldier died after an insurgent attack in the east. rain from tropical storm emily drenched the caribbean today, but weakened to a low pressure trough as it moved toward the u.s. heavy rains started falling in the dominican republic in the middle of the night. by morning, many roads were flooded and surf was high. the storm weakened over neighboring haiti but still dumped large amounts of rain. back in the u.s., the national oceanic and atmospheric administration increased its hurricane outlook for the season, predicting seven to ten hurricanes. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: the nearly two-week- long partial shutdown of the federal aviation administration appears to be over, at least for now. senate majority leader harry reid announced that his chamber will pass a house bill tomorrow authorizing funding for the f.a.a. through mid-september. that will allow some 74,000 t
nato officials announced the deaths of two service members in afghanistan today. one was killed by a man wearing an afghan police uniform, and another nato soldier died after an insurgent attack in the east. rain from tropical storm emily drenched the caribbean today, but weakened to a low pressure trough as it moved toward the u.s. heavy rains started falling in the dominican republic in the middle of the night. by morning, many roads were flooded and surf was high. the storm weakened over...
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now is the cooperation on afghanistan. the more problematic pakistan becomes-- and of course you've reported very interestingly from there-- the more of russia is important in terms of transporting military and other supplies to afghanistan. and the russians also have an interest in seeing that we don't fail in afghanistan and leave too quickly. having said that, the easy parts of this reset have been done. the next set of issues are more complicated. they have to do with more arms control. we have to do with cooperation which is problematic and with issues like iran. and i think the other thing to remember is that in the u.s.-russian relationship in the last 20 years the relationship between the leaders is important because we don't have that many stakeholders. there's not that much depth to that relationship yet. and therefore it will be important for president obama and president putin to be... to develop a workable, close... a workable relationship at least. they've met once in july of 2009. that was a tough meeting. s
now is the cooperation on afghanistan. the more problematic pakistan becomes-- and of course you've reported very interestingly from there-- the more of russia is important in terms of transporting military and other supplies to afghanistan. and the russians also have an interest in seeing that we don't fail in afghanistan and leave too quickly. having said that, the easy parts of this reset have been done. the next set of issues are more complicated. they have to do with more arms control. we...
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qaddafi's gone, saddam is gone, in afghanistan the taliban is gone. assad is toppling. >> woodruff: tunisia. >> tunisia. we've seen this tremendous change. to me that's a big story. whether it turns out well or ill we'll see but that is a tremendous change. >> a tremendous change but let's get one thing-- there's a marvelous term in logic-- post-hawk, and not proctor hawk. because something happened after something was not because of something. saddam hussein falling was because the united states moved in and occupied and invaded a country that did not pose a threat to the united states, did not have weapons of mass destruction. the united states did not play an active role in the arab spring. it occurred without us and without our active involvement. >> woodruff: just to pick up on david's first point that the u.s. shouldn't be leaving, the generals appeared-- were reported to be saying leave more troops there longer. that seems to be what the republicans picked up on today. mitt romney says it was an astonishing-- i think he said astonish failure to
qaddafi's gone, saddam is gone, in afghanistan the taliban is gone. assad is toppling. >> woodruff: tunisia. >> tunisia. we've seen this tremendous change. to me that's a big story. whether it turns out well or ill we'll see but that is a tremendous change. >> a tremendous change but let's get one thing-- there's a marvelous term in logic-- post-hawk, and not proctor hawk. because something happened after something was not because of something. saddam hussein falling was...
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pullout from afghanistan. white house officials confirmed today that he'll announce his plan tomorrow evening in a nationally televised address. >> the president and his war counselorrers hudled at the whitehouse today ahead of tomorrow night's announcesment. earlier, second of defense gates and secretary of state clinton, had nothing to say about specifics of the impending troop draw down but gates was publicly favored only a modest reduction, did say that more than just military factors are weighing on the decision. >> there are a lot of reservations in the congress about the war in afghanistan and our level of commitment. there are concerns among the american people who are tired of a deck eight -- decade of war so the president obviously has to take those matters into consideration as well as the conditions on the ground and afghanistan. >> indeed the price of that decade of war has been steep. more than 1500 americans killed and nearly half a trillion dollars spent. and polls show an increasingly weary am
pullout from afghanistan. white house officials confirmed today that he'll announce his plan tomorrow evening in a nationally televised address. >> the president and his war counselorrers hudled at the whitehouse today ahead of tomorrow night's announcesment. earlier, second of defense gates and secretary of state clinton, had nothing to say about specifics of the impending troop draw down but gates was publicly favored only a modest reduction, did say that more than just military factors...
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has to stay in afghanistan at these levels? >> no, i... i totally disagree. now, the fact that we have 100,000 troops nation-building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built, when, on the ground, we do need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence. we need a drone presence. and we need some ongoing training of the afghan national army. but we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. and i think the american people are getting very tired about where we find ourselves today. ( applause ) >> suarez: texas governor rick perry and michele bachmann disagreed, meanwhile, over whether the u.s. should continue to send aid to pakistan. >> the bottom line is that they've showed us time after time that they can't be trusted. and until pakistan clearly shows that they have america's best interests in mind, i would not send them one penny, period. >> with all due respect to the governor, i think that's highly naive, because, again, we have to recognize
has to stay in afghanistan at these levels? >> no, i... i totally disagree. now, the fact that we have 100,000 troops nation-building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built, when, on the ground, we do need intelligence gathering, no doubt about that. we need a strong special forces presence. we need a drone presence. and we need some ongoing training of the afghan national army. but we haven't done a very good job defining and articulating what the end point is...
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nato's monthly losses in afghanistan reached 64 today-- most of them americans-- with two more soldiers killed in the south. and 20 afghan civilians died when a roadside bomb blew up the bus they were riding. meanwhile, the coalition said tuesday's deadly attack on a kabul hotel was the work of the haqqani network. the group has ties to al-qaeda and the taliban. a leader of that network was killed in a nato air strike last night. defense secretary robert gates got a ceremonial send-off his last day on the job. president obama and the outgoing joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen joined hundreds of others on the parade ground outside the pentagon, to mark the occasion. the president awarded gates the medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. and the secretary joked it had been a secret to rival the raid on osama bin laden. >> i'm deeply honored and moved by your presentation of this award. it is a big surprise, but we should have known a couple of months ago, you're getting pretty good at this covert ops stuff. ( laughter ) >> sreenivasan: gates served four and a half y
nato's monthly losses in afghanistan reached 64 today-- most of them americans-- with two more soldiers killed in the south. and 20 afghan civilians died when a roadside bomb blew up the bus they were riding. meanwhile, the coalition said tuesday's deadly attack on a kabul hotel was the work of the haqqani network. the group has ties to al-qaeda and the taliban. a leader of that network was killed in a nato air strike last night. defense secretary robert gates got a ceremonial send-off his last...
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the analogy there would be afghanistan, 2001, in which c.i.a. people were first in, they were ready, and then when we intervened militarily that that had a junior part in supporting the military effort. >> brown: is that a fair analogy? every situation is different of course. >> it is, but it is something that the c.i.a. does very well, and it is the lean, fast, very flexible capability to go inside and prepare and be ready for any option, whether that option is to continue providing communications or guidance or whatever support, or pave the way for additional military involvement. >> brown: ask briefly, as you said, this depends on having a viable group they can work with. >> yes, and that's the most important thing for this administration to understand is what they're dealing with. >> brown: thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": crafting a budget deal; learning from the tsunami and fighting for control of ivory coast. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan:
the analogy there would be afghanistan, 2001, in which c.i.a. people were first in, they were ready, and then when we intervened militarily that that had a junior part in supporting the military effort. >> brown: is that a fair analogy? every situation is different of course. >> it is, but it is something that the c.i.a. does very well, and it is the lean, fast, very flexible capability to go inside and prepare and be ready for any option, whether that option is to continue...
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say, in afghanistan, there are honor killings. i talked to a journalists who couldn't talk about the attempted rape that was perpetrated by her superior because she knew of two colleagues who had been killed by their own families for talking about having been raped. so there are honor killings. there are many countries in which women can't marry after they've been raped. there's just simple gossipçç. their also the fear that there will be no justice brought in a lot of conflict zones. there are no working police departments, justice systems so there's really no point in coming forward in a lot of these cases for these journalists. >> warner: why did you and why the committee to protect journalists decide it was important to publicize this now? >> it's really a freedom issue that no one has been talking about. i think we cover things from attacks to murders to jailings of journalists. these are all things that prevent reporters from gettingtç and from having the news heard. this is just another way of preventing men and women
say, in afghanistan, there are honor killings. i talked to a journalists who couldn't talk about the attempted rape that was perpetrated by her superior because she knew of two colleagues who had been killed by their own families for talking about having been raped. so there are honor killings. there are many countries in which women can't marry after they've been raped. there's just simple gossipçç. their also the fear that there will be no justice brought in a lot of conflict zones. there...
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pakistan will boycott an upcoming conference on stabilizing afghanistan. the decision today was the latest fallout from a nato air raid that killed 24 government soldiers on saturday. it happened early saturday in the region known as the mohmand agency, just inside the pakistani border with afghanistan. in a statement today, a top pakistani general called the attack a "deliberate act of aggression." nato has said it was unintended. the man who killed 77 people in the norway massacre, anders breivik, was declared "criminally insane" today. breivik has confessed that he set off a bomb in downtown oslo last july, then opened fire at a youth camp run by the governing labor party. he has said he did it to protect norway from muslim immigration. if a court accepts the "criminally insane" designation, breivik will be kept in a psychiatric institution instead of prison. the los angeles doctor convicted in the death of michael jackson has been sentenced to four years in prison. dr. conrad murray received the maximum possible term today for his conviction on a charg
pakistan will boycott an upcoming conference on stabilizing afghanistan. the decision today was the latest fallout from a nato air raid that killed 24 government soldiers on saturday. it happened early saturday in the region known as the mohmand agency, just inside the pakistani border with afghanistan. in a statement today, a top pakistani general called the attack a "deliberate act of aggression." nato has said it was unintended. the man who killed 77 people in the norway massacre,...
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there's 2.5 million americans that have fought in iraq and in afghanistan. that's less than 1% of the population. america has much less skin in the game. i know people have said that before. but it really holds true when a veteran comes home and realizes that they are in a very, very tiny minority. you know, the only other veterans that i really had to talk to in my area of new jersey were vietnam veterans. and they were very helpful to me. they got me through a really tough time but still there's a generation gap between my father's generation which fought in vietnam and my generation which fought here. the good news about that is though is that my generation is the facebook generation so i'm in contact with a lot of my, you know, my army buddies that i fought with in the al anbar province. but the flip side of the coin is that there's nobody here on my right and left here in southern new jersey and the philadelphia area that i know who has this same or similar experience that i did. it makes it a little difficult. >> brown: you had a hard time coming back?
there's 2.5 million americans that have fought in iraq and in afghanistan. that's less than 1% of the population. america has much less skin in the game. i know people have said that before. but it really holds true when a veteran comes home and realizes that they are in a very, very tiny minority. you know, the only other veterans that i really had to talk to in my area of new jersey were vietnam veterans. and they were very helpful to me. they got me through a really tough time but still...
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they had been training afghan forces at a base in faryab in the northern part of afghanistan. today's joint operation took place in that same region. the u.s. is willing to keep troops in iraq beyond a december 31 deadline to withdraw if the iraqis ask. defense secretary robert gates raised that possibility today during a visit to baghdad. he also said the iraqis have to act soon, so u.s. officials can start planning. at the same time, an iraqi government spokesman said the presence of these forces is not suitable for iraq. in brazil, a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in rio de janeiro today, and killed at least 11 students before he turned the gun on himself. aerial footage showed the streets outside clogged with emergency vehicles and family members awaiting news. in addition to the dead, at least 18 people were woued. china has confirmed it detained the outspoken government critic ai weiwei this week. the internationally acclaimed conceptual artist has been in custody since sunday and human rights groups and other countries have called for his release. but today
they had been training afghan forces at a base in faryab in the northern part of afghanistan. today's joint operation took place in that same region. the u.s. is willing to keep troops in iraq beyond a december 31 deadline to withdraw if the iraqis ask. defense secretary robert gates raised that possibility today during a visit to baghdad. he also said the iraqis have to act soon, so u.s. officials can start planning. at the same time, an iraqi government spokesman said the presence of these...